SteamOS/Bazzite also makes it pretty easy to integrate flatpaks into its gamepad-oriented UI. I hope that leads to the development of more apps that work with a remote control or gamepad, which would then also work on Plasma Bigscreen.

The problem with open source TV solutions like that is that they never support legal streaming platforms like Netflix, Disney+ and so on.

I'm failing to see a problem with that.

Savage, but accurate.

But I argue for these projects to have a long tail, they need revenue.

A few have tried by selling hardware, but it never lands mainstream enough.

Live sports / tv is the one you can't really work around when your device doesn't have DRM support.

I think you got that backwards.

Presumably locked bootloaders on smart TVs are a problem that would block usage of that project?